ContextPhrase · Ages 11-25 · In use
clip farming
Doing or saying something shocking or dramatic on purpose so it gets clipped and goes viral. Usually a put-down.
He's not even mad, he's just clip farming.
For parents and educators
A useful word for a talk about staged drama online. Kids who pick it up are learning to spot fake outrage.
Where it came from
Started as an insult in Twitch chat. Cambridge Dictionary listed it as a new word in 2026.
Also heard as
clip farm, clip farmer, clip farmers
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